Trust Me On This
Alec’s attending an academic conference to hear his aunt speak. As a federal agent he’s delighted when a most wanted con man turns up on the scene.
Dennie’s also at the conference having found out a famous academic is getting a divorce. She’s hoping to get the big interview that will advance her career.
Of course there’s a comedy of misunderstandings and Alec thinks that Dennie is in cahoots with the con man.
There’s lots of fun dialogue in this one but the con plot is woefully underdeveloped – a great con is something to be cherished – and most of the side characters are barely one-dimensional. I still don’t really get the point of including the con man’s real assistant at all since she’s barely in the book and the only important thing she does is mentioned in passing by another character.
Also the romances are incredibly perfunctory in this one. Characters meet, are attracted, briefly resist it, have sex and then are absolutely ready for the commitment of marriage to the extent to changing the rest of their lives to make it happen.
